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Bartolo Colon is an All-Star

Bartolo Colon is at least 43 years old and will take part in his fourth MLB All-Star Game, replacing Madison Bumgarner, who is unavailable to pitch. Colon is having another solid season, pitching to a 3.28 ERA and 1.22 WHIP over 98.2 IP (17 GS). His first appearance of the year was out of the bullpen - where he recorded four outs, coming into the game in the 6th inning.

This is what Colon looked like in 1997, as a skinny, 24 year old rookie

Stem cells were taken from Colon's bone marrow and fat tissue and were then injected into Colon's elbow and shoulder to help repair damaged ligaments and a torn rotator cuff. What raised a red flag within Major League Baseball was that the doctor who performed the procedure, Joseph Purita, advocates the use of human growth hormone with certain non-athlete patients. - NY Daily News

Since his return in 2011, as a 38 year old with the New York Yankees, Colon has made 159 starts, 21st most, winning 72 games 15th best.

He is one of 23 pitchers to toss over 1000 innings since the 2011 campaign. He is 43 years old and pitching with the New York Mets for a third year. With Matt Harvey done for the year and Zack Wheeler a question mark returning from Tommy John surgery, Colon will be a work horse and the leader of a young pitching staff, trying to get back to the World Series.